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Q&A Forum Tip: Including Source Code in Your Question
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Tjafzfa Gsjsf replied 8 months ago
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A recent post included some PowerScript code, and I thought I would pass along a tip for pasting code snippets that produces a slightly more readable result than simply pasting code into the website's text editor. The toolbar contains a button to as...
John Fauss John Fauss
  1. PowerBuilder
Please Update Your Queries With The Solution
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  1. Last updated 3 years ago
  2.  Olan Knight replied 3 years ago
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Saw this and thought it was perfect. Note the angry mob in the background on panel 4.   :)
Olan Knight Olan Knight
  1. PowerBuilder
How to delete an object from a library with ORCA?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Roland Smith replied 5 years ago
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I need to delete some objects from some specific libraries i have found with a utility i developed in PowerBuilder but thereis no easy way i can delete objects through script. There is ORCA which i never used before and have no idea how to use it. ...
Berka Frenfert Berka Frenfert
  1. PowerBuilder
Find who is ancestor of PowerObject (WindowObject)
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
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I need to find the ancestor name of Window.control[x]. The control is added to the window by using OpenWithParm()  Please advice Thank you, Yuri
Yuri Denshchik Yuri Denshchik
  1. PowerBuilder
Keyboard shortcuts not working on dockable windows
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Yiannis Papadomichelakis replied 5 years ago
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I just migrated a PB 12.6 app to PB 2019 trial. A problem that occurred in 12.6, and I was hoping that it will be solved in the newer versions of PB, is related to window menus, when we use the docked interface. We have development a set of librarie...
  1.  Dockable
  2.  Menu
  3.  Window
Yiannis Papadomichelakis Yiannis Papadomichelakis
  1. PowerBuilder
PB2017/2019 simultaneous login on same machine
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
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Is there any way to have the IDEs for PB2017 and PB2019 open at the same time on the same machine? We will be maintaining code in PB2017, but need to migrate/test in PB2019, so copying code changes between versions will be a normal occurrence for a ...
  1.  IDE
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Brad Mettee Brad Mettee
  1. PowerBuilder
Browser Visual objects for the .NET Datastore -- suggestions
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Armeen Mazda @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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What visual objects do is suggested for the .net DataStore?
Gil VanHelden Gil VanHelden
  1. SnapObjects
New Install setup
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Brad Mettee replied 5 years ago
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Ok , so I have a new laptop and now I must setup all those customs colors again, default font;s and my DB connections. Can someone tell me what file(s) these are stored so I can copy them to my new laptop.    Thanks in advance, Richard
Richard Carrier Richard Carrier
  1. PowerBuilder
Deselect A Column With Tab Order = 0
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Joe Hess replied 5 years ago
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I'm working on a basic scheduling feature using DragDrop to assign/reassign tasks. All columns have a tab order of 0. When I move a task from one cell to another, the source cell remains highlighted as show in the image. Is there any way to deselect ...
Joe Hess Joe Hess
  1. PowerBuilder
ExportJson and ImportJSon not wokring with Powerserver toolkit
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Pinkesh Gupta replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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Hi All,   we are trying to use ExportJson and ImportJSon function of DW to save result of rest service in DW but when its not showing in PowerServer toolkit while deploying application to web. as per latest Appeon document JSONClient is supported ...
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Pinkesh Gupta Pinkesh Gupta
  1. PowerServer 2020 or older (Obsolete)
SMTP object
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  John Vanleeuwe replied 5 years ago
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Hi all,   I have been using Rolands EmailSMTP object n_smtp succesfully in the past , well it still does :)   Recently more and more of our send mails end up either in the spamfolder of the recipient , or for example are simply rejected by gmail ...
John Vanleeuwe John Vanleeuwe
  1. PowerBuilder
Envio correo con powerbuilder
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 5 years ago
1 reply
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Hola, estoy usando power builder ver 11.5, quería saber hay algún tutorial de cómo enviar correos electrónicos sin pasar por Outlook.   Muchas gracias. Guillermo  gtamburo@delfino.com.ar
Guillermo Tamburo Guillermo Tamburo
  1. PowerBuilder
Text color when using themes
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hello A quick theme question, if you use "themes" the text color is always the same ( black ) in all datawindows , can you force other color if you want to ? , sometimes you need to have a special color that indicates something. Thanks /Jonas  
Jonas Blomgren Jonas Blomgren
  1. PowerBuilder
Re: Solution for Mobile Apps
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Govinda Lopez @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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Hello, Using Powerbuilder 2017 R3 / 2019 with Postgresql database Need to access data from a local [ intranet ] server, from a mobile application.   Mobile apps is to read barcode, fetch relevant data from the database, show it, print it and save t...
  1.  Mobile
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Sivaprakash BKR Sivaprakash BKR
  1. PowerBuilder
how to connect SFTP server from PowerBuilder
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Brad Mettee replied 5 years ago
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Hi Appeon team, Currently we are using Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 R3 version. We have a requirement to place a file into directory (UNIX server) through SFTP I know that we have some external dll which help us to accomplish the purpose but is there ...
Aaron Anbu Johan Abraham Aaron Anbu Johan Abraham
  1. PowerBuilder
How to convert Json unicode?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  YU CHUN replied 5 years ago
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I get a JSON like : {"data": {"name": "\u9673\u6cf0\u5c71", "coupon": [], "is_active": true, "sex": "male", "birthday": "2019-05-15T16:00:00Z", "mobile_number": "+88696631", "balance": 10}}   name is Chinese What function can help me convert it t...
  1.  JSON
YU CHUN YU CHUN
  1. PowerBuilder
ApplyTheme issue with Win 10 Enterprise
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kari Paukku replied 5 years ago
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Hi, I'm using PB2019, buld 2082 and having issues with ApplyTheme not applying the theme is certain environments. Made a simple test. 1) copied the themes to C:\TEMP\themes and into that, the four theme folders provided by Appeon, e.g Flat Design ...
Kari Paukku Kari Paukku
  1. PowerBuilder
OrcaScript / Git Build Issue
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Ken Guo @Appeon replied 5 years ago
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We've recently moved from VSS to TFS/Git for our source control.   Everything is working great for development - we've opted to use Atlassian's SourceTree to help visually manage branches and workflow (via Git-Flow).  The ability to use feature bran...
  1.  Git
  2.  OrcaScript
John Niespodzianski John Niespodzianski
  1. PowerBuilder
Failed to load application
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Kai Zhao @Appeon replied 5 years ago
2 replies
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we have a app that initially had 25 users and now it is used for more than fifty users and later started to receive error messages , we had to restart the iis and the server .I attach messages of error and a log .I expect your rescommendations , gree...
Erick Trinidad Garcia Erick Trinidad Garcia
  1. PowerServer Mobile (Obsolete)
Trigger definition
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
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Hi.   We have a small application (PB2017 R3) which reads and interprets small text files, adds rows to 3-4 datastores and the commits to 4 tables in the database. Sometimes it can be as much as 1500 rows, but for the most between 700 and 1000. Th...
  1.  Database
  2.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
  3.  Trigger
Bjarne Anker Bjarne Anker
  1. PowerBuilder
How to obtain the value of a retrieval argument?
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Michael Kramer replied 5 years ago
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I need to get the value of a retrieval argument by which the datawindow has been retrieved. I use this method: dw_emp_by_dept.Describe("Evaluate('dept_id', 1)") But this method doesn't work if the DW has no rows. That makes sense because it Evaluat...
Michael Zuskin Michael Zuskin
  1. PowerBuilder
Change screen resolution using PB2017
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  1. Last updated 5 years ago
  2.  Shenn Sellers replied 5 years ago
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Hello I'm looking for some code that would allow me to change the screen resolution using PB2017. I'd like to be to toggle back and forth if possible. Thank You Tom    
  1.  PowerBuilder (Appeon)
Tom McArdle Tom McArdle
  1. PowerBuilder

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